Machine for loading cartridges.



A. VON HENRIQUEZ.

MACHINE FOR LOADING CARTRIDGES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.2I. 1911.

1,164,433. Patented Dec.14,1915.

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MACHINE FOR LOADING CARTRIDGES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.2I. I9I I.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

ALFONS V'ON HENRIQI IEZ. 0F WIENER-NEUSTADT, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, ASSIGNOR TO BERNHARD WETZLER OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

MACHINE FOR LOADING CARTRIDGES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

'1 '0 all whom it may con ern:

Be It known that I, Anrons VON HEN- morrzz. a subject of thedlmperor .of Austria-l'lungary, residing at lVienenNeustadt, Austria-Ilungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Loading Cartridges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates toa machine for loading cartridges, in'iwhich empty cartridge cases are automatically arranged in the proper up? rightposition read to receive a charge of powder in rows upon a table and are then pushed forward along such table intermittently. by means of a reciprocating conveyor plate. beneath successive rows of devices for respectively charging the cartridge cases with powder ascertaining whether such powder charge is exactly that required, forcing into the cartridge cases the projectiles which are delivered in rows corresponding to the rows of cartridge cases and for insuring the finished cartridges being of the proper length.

One construction of a machineaccording to this invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a. diagrammatic side elevation of the complete machine together with the devices for delivering the cartridge cases and projectiles thereto. Figs. 2 and 3 show in plan parts of these deliveringdevice's. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the hopper, powder receptacle and case receptacles for the cartridges discharged from the machine as not having the exact amount of powder required. Fig. 5 shows the machine proper in sectional undersideplan as regards the upper half of the figure and in sectional plan proper as regard the lower half of the figure. Fig. 6 shows the machine in vertical section corresponding to the line AB of Fig. Figs. 7 to 15 are detail views of parts of the machine to a larger scale, Figs. 7 and 8 showing the devices for automatically setting up the cartridge cases upright upon the table in rows; in vertical transverse section and an elevation respectively, Figs. 9. 10 and 11 show the devices for charging the cartridge cases with powder and for ascertaining whether such charge is exact: in vertical transverse section, elevation and plan respectively. Figs. 12 and 13 show the devices for forcing the projectiles into the powder-charged cases; in vertical transverse section and elevation respectively. Figs. 14 and 15 show the devices for insuring the correct length of the finished cartridges, together with the reciprocating conveyer plate; in vertical section and plan respectively.

To enable the machine to be fully appreciated the arrangement of its parts will be described simultaneously with the description of their functions in the several operations of loading the cartridges.

The machine is provided with a table 2 carried by a frame 1, see Fig. 1, and upon which the main parts of the various mechanisms are mounted, the motion transmitting devices being preferably located below the table. .Tpon the table 2 are mounted supports 3 which carry devices 4 for delivering the cartridge cases to the machine and beneath which is arranged a receptacle 5 with the cartridge cases which are to be loaded.

From the receptacle 5 the cases to be charged are thrown onto a plate 6 which is pivoted at 7 to the devices 4 and is formed with longitudinal parallel grooves 8 of suitable width for the reception of the cartridge cases, see Fig. 3. The cartridge cases thrown on the plate 6 assume longitudinal positions in the grooves 8 with their bases pointing to the front or rear, the number of the grooves in the plate 6 corresponding to the number of cartridges to be simultaneously dealt with during each working stage of the machine. Any cartridge cases lying transversely, or over each other on the plate '6 are swept with the flat hand of the operator into the grooves 8 or, if the grooves be full, they are swept over the side edges of the plate 6 and fall back again into the receptacle 5. If now the plate 6 be rocked upwardly by hand about its hinge 7 into the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the cartridge cases slide down out of each groove 8 into the corresponding case delivering device 4. These are constituted by a row of case delivering tubes which are arranged upon an inclined bed-plate 9 and are made of glass or other suitable transparent material so that any interruptions in the supplv can be inn'nediatel} detected. Above the tubes is arranged an angle plate 10 adapted to hold up any cartridge cases which do not slide properly down the grooves 8. On this plate 10 is an angularly bent deflector plate 11 the upwardly projecting inclined faces of which extend from the rear downwardly so that any cartridge cases which may have jumped out of the groove 8 or have been forced out of said grooves, fall thereon and slide back into the receptacle 5.

From the case delivering tubes the cartridge cases pass into guide troughs 12 on a plate 14 which is fixed to a row of hoppers 13, see Fig. 7 and from the troughs the cases fall into the hoppers 13. At the top of each hopper 13, in line with-the sliding bottom of the corresponding trough 12, is a. tooth 15 on a slide 16 which extends across the whole row of hoppers 13 so that the cartridge cases coming out of the guide Y troughs 12 are received on the teeth 15 between the side walls of the corresponding hoppers 13.

Opposite the cartridge case delivering devices 4 a cross bar 17, which extends across the Whole row of hoppers, is arranged over the upper forward edge of the hoppers 13, such bar being formed with recesses 18 corresponding to the mouths of the downwardly sliding cases and the depth of which, added to the length of the adjacent slide teeth 15, corresponds to the length of acartridge case. The arrangement is therefore such that all the cases which slide base foremost down the tubes of the devices 14 strike against the face of the cross bar 17, but those cases which slide down mouth foremost strike against the inner walls of the recesses 18. The mouths of the cartridge cases that slide down base foremost rest at the rear upon the solid portion of the slide 16 and the bases thereof rest at the front upon the teeth 15 of each slide whereas the ported on end bars 21, is raised and lowered upon rotation of a shaft 19 by means of cams 20 keyed on the shaft working against rollers 23 on the lower ends of the supports 21 which are pressed against the cams 20 by springs 24 threaded on the supporting bars 21. llfounted in holes formed therefor in the bridge 22 are conveying sleeves 25 corresponding to the hoppers 13 and which, when the bridge 22 is in its highest position are raised to such a height that their upper edges project slightly over the exit or lower ends of the hopper as shown in Fig.

7. A lever 28 pressed by a spring against a cam 26 keyed on the shaft 19, through an interposed roller 27, is then moved sidewise by such cam against the action of its spring. in the line of the filling hoppers 13 and thereby pushes the slide 16, which is connected to the forked upper end of the lever 28, so-far laterally in an outward direction that the holes therein between its teeth 1 are brought into register with the free open ends of the hoppers 13. All the cartridge cases on the slide consequently fall into the hoppers base downward, irrespective of whether their mouths point to the front or to the rear, for in either case the bases lose their support first. From the hoppers the cartridge cases slide through the conveying sleeve 25 adjoining the exit ends thereof, until they rest on the hook-shaped lower ends of levers 29. which are arranged to oscillate about a shaft 30 that is connected to the'bridge 22. Springs 31 press the said lower ends of the levers through recesses 32 formed in the lower ends of the sleeves25.

Simultaneously with the operation of the slide 16 a bar arranged above the hoppers 13 and provided with downwardly projecting pins 36 is lowered by cams 33 on which the roller-furnished lower ends of bar supports 34 are caused to bear by springs, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. Attached to the bar 35 by means of light carrier plates 37 are guide sleeves 38 in which spring-pressed pins 40 are arranged to slide. The downward movement of the bar 35 forces the pins 36 against the empty cartridge cases falling through the openings in the slide 16, so that the proper downward tilting thereof is accelerated, while the spring pressed pins 40, which are prevented from rotating by means of guide arms 40 sliding in recesses in the corresponding guide plates 37, hold the next succeeding cartridge cases fast in the troughs 12 by the inclined concave under surfaces of the plungers bearing upon them so that these adjacent cartridge cases and all the cartridge cases in the same rows located behind them are prevented from sliding after the cartridge cases falling into the hoppers.

()n the further rotation of the shaft 19 the conveying sleeves 25 with the cartridge cases inclosed therein are moved downwardly. the bar 35 is moved upwardly and the slide 16 is moved inwardly so that its mouths of the hoppers 13. Simultaneously a conveyer plate 42 that is mounted to slide upon the table 2 of the machine by means of rollers 41. see Figs. 14 and 15, is moved toward the conveying sleeves 25 against the action of springs 43 by means of cams 46 keyed upon a shaft 45 and levers 44 which i2o teeth 15 are again brought over the open are pivoted at 47 and at their lower ends While the conveying sleeves are moving downwardly the conveyer plate 42 is moved underneath them. At the same time the upper arms of the levers 29 strike against a fixed cross bar 48, which is mounted in brackets 49, see Fig. 6. The levers 29 are consequently so rocked about the shaft 30 that their lower ends are drawn out of the recesses 32 and the cartridge cases are consequently released and, guided by the conveying sleeves 25, slide down through longitudinal slots formed in the conveyer plate 42 onto the table 2 where they then stand up in a row. The conveyer plate 42 is then moved by the levers 44 away from the conveying sleeve 25 until the row of up right cartridge cases 51 which are carried along on the table 2 by contact with the rear wall of the longitudinal slots 50 in the plate 42, are located under the device that charges them with the powder.

The powder required for charging the cartridge cases is delivered according to requirements into a powder receptacle 52, Fig. 6, which, for the purpose of keeping the powder clean is provided with ahinged cover 53 and to enable the amount of powder present at any time in the receptacle to be readily ascertained, is provided with glass covered sight holes 54 arranged in the walls thereof.

The powder receptacle 52 is supported ip fixed position above the upper bar 56. the latter being formed with a longitudinal slot 55 (see Figs. 5, 9 and 10) and is mounted on the table 2 by the supports 57, the bar 58 beneath the bar 56 supporting a row of filling hoppers 59 corresponding in number to the number of cartridges to be simultaneously charged with powder. Between the two parts 56 and 58 of the frame is arranged a sliding member formed with cylindrical measuring holes 60 adapted to be placed above the filling hoppers 59. This sliding member consists of a main part 61 formed with recesses bounded at the rear of semi-cylindrical walls 62 and into which ex tend longitudinally movable parts 63 the inner or rear ends of which are shaped to form the supplementary half cylinders of the measuring openings 60 and which for the purpose of regulation can be accurately adjusted by means of two set screws 64 and a tension screw 65, that are screwed through a cross bar 66 rigidly connected to the main portion 61.

For the purpose of moving the slidlng part 61 into two extreme positions. namely one in which its measuring openings 60 are beneath the longitudinal slot 55 in the top bar 56, that is to say beneath the mouth of the powder receptacle 52 and in the other of which the said openings are exactly over the filling hoppers 59, there is keyed on the shaft 67 a cam 68 that works in the fork or slot formed in the lower end of a lever 70 mounted to oscillate about a pin 69 on the table 2 and the upper end of which is attached to the sliding part 61.

Beneath the hoppers 59 the upper bar 71 of a rising and falling bridge is furnished with conical powder tubes 72 and in the lower bar 73 of said bridge retaining hoppers 74 are freely mounted.

As soon as the cartridge cases 51have been pushed under the retaining hoppers 74 by means of the conveyer plate 42, cams 75 on the shaft 67 come into action and allow the supports 76 of the two bridge bars 71 and 73, which were previously raised, to descend under the action of springs 77, until the hoppers 74 press upon the mouths of the cartridge cases 51; springs 78 which surround the hoppers 74 and bear against the bar 73, being compressed by the downward movement of the bar 73, so that the cartridge cases are held firmly down on the table 2, the powder tubes 72 forming an uninterrupted connecting conduit with the filling hoppers 59, see Fig. 9. The slide 61 is then moved in the manner hereinbefore described from the powder receptacle slot 55 toward the filling hoppers 59 so that the powder contained in the measuring openings 60 falls through the filling hoppers 59, the powder tubes 72, and the retaining hoppers 74, into the cartridge cases 51. The conveyer plate 42 is then caused to move rearwardly while the cartridge cases filled with powder are held down firmly upon the table 2. on the next forward movement of the conveyer plate 42 spring grippers 79 thereon seize the cartridge cases. which press the arms of the grippers apart when the plate 42 moves rearwardly against the pressure of springs arranged under the heads 80 of screws that secure the grippers to the plate. said arms then closing up toward the cartridge cases as far as permitted by pins 81 that limit their inward movements. The bridge 71, 73 together with the tubes 72 and the retaining hoppers 74 are then moved so far upwardly that the hoppers release the cartridge cases which are then free to be carried farther on by means of the grippers 79. On the further advance of the conveyer plate 42 the cartridge cases charged with powder are pushed onto blocks 83 which are held raised in openings 82 formed therefor in the table 2. These blocks are attached to arms 85 that are hinged at 84 on the underside of the top of the table 2 and are held raised by means of sliding bolts 87 provided with springs 86 that press the bolts toward the blocks 83. Each of the bolts 87 is formed with an opening 88 through which extends a hooked bar 89 the lower end of which is formed with a longitudinal slot 90 through which passes a cross bar 91, a buffer 93 influenced by a spring 92, being arranged between the bar 91 and the lower end of the slot 90. The cross bar 91, connects the arms 94 of levers arranged to rotate about a shaft 95 and the other arms 96 of which are so actuated by earns 98 fixed on a shaft 97 that the bars 89 are moved up and down as hereinafter described.

Above the blocks 83 is arranged a bridge consisting of bars 99 and 100 carried by supporting arms 101 furnished with rollers 103 which are held by the pressure of springs 102 in contact with cams 104 which are keyed on the shaft 45 ,and whereby the bridge 99100 is caused to rise and fall. In the bar 100 are arranged spring-pressed retaining hoppers 105 while freely passed through the bar 99 are controlling pins 106 each held by a collar 107. When the bridge 99100 is in its lowest position the pins 106 rest on the top of the powder charge in the cartridge cases located beneath them. To the bridge bar 99 are pivoted levers the upper arm 109 of each of which is provided with a branch arm 108 that is held pressed against the outermost edge of the collar 107 on the corresponding controlling pin under the action of a spring 110, when the charge of powder in the corresponding cartridge case is at its normal height. The downwardly extending arms 111 of the levers are provided with hooked lower ends so arranged that when the branch arms 108 bear-against the outer.- most edges of the collars 107 as just described, the hooks are clear of the bar 89, but should a controlling pin 106 stand higher or lower than normally owing to any irregularity in the powder charge the branch arm 108 of the corresponding lever will bear against the pin itself or against a thinner part of the collar 107 and the hooked lower end of the arm 111 of the lever will be consequently in thepath of the bar 89 so that upon upward movement of the bridge 99100 the bar 89 will be raised against the action of its bufi'er spring 92, whereby an inclined shoulder 112 on the bar will act upon a correspondingly inclined face of the opening 88 in the bolt 87 and will draw back the bolt 87 from under the block 83 and release the block and allow it to swing downwardly under its own weight. The arm 85 of the block 83 will consequently fall onto a roller 113 which is carried on the upper bar 114 of a bridge constituted by such bar and a lower bar 116 on which, through in terposed springs 115, the bar 114 rests. The bridge 114, 116 is moved up and down by means of two arms 117 furnished with rollers 118 that bear against cams 119 on the shaft 67. WVhen the bridge 114, 116 is raised the blocks 83 are again moved into the open ings in the table 2, while the levers 110 are being moved upwardly with the bridge bar 99, during which movement the upper arms 109 of such levers bear against the curved surface of a bar 120 attached to the frame 57 and are thereby so moved as to cause the lower ends of the levers to be drawn out of engagement with the bars 89 and allow the latter to move downward under the action of their springs 92 and release the bolts 87 for holding the blocks. Those cartridges which have not been supplied with a proper powder charge fall into a hopper 121, see Figs. 1 and 4, which is attached by means of bands 122 to the bearings 123 of the main shaft 124 of the machine. The hopper 121 communicates with an inclined longitudinal slot 125 provided with guides 126 for engaging the rims of the cartridge cases which thereupon slide downwardly along these guides into a receptacle 127 while the powder charge falls through the slot 125 into areceptacle 128 suitably placed to receive it. i

The cartridge cases that have the proper or normal charge of powder are seized by the grippers 7 9 on the advance of the conveyer plate 42, in a manner similar to that hereinbefore described and are pushed forward by the same amount as before along the table 2 of the machine until they are located beneath the device for forcing in the projectiles. In a manner similar to that hereinbefore described with reference to the cartridge cases, the projectiles are thrown out of receptacles 129 onto plates 130 formed with grooves 131, see Figs. 1 and 2, into which grooves the projectiles fall with their points directed to the front or to the rear and from which the projectiles slide into guides 132 that lead them into hoppers 133, see Fig. 12. The mouths of the hoppers 133 are closed by the teeth 134 of slides 135 and are opened by the openings between the teeth of the slide coming into register with the open mouths of the hoppers, when the slide is operated. Cross bars 136 against which the projectiles strike may be provided with recesses 137, see Fig.12, or with perforations 138, see Fig. 6 for the points of the projectiles. The projectiles accordingly fall in like manner to the cartridge cases without exception with the base downward through the corresponding hoppers 133; push pins 140 attached to a bar 139 and spring plun gers 141 acting in the same way as the analogousv parts of the corresponding devices for controlling the delivery of the cases.

From the hoppers 133 the projectiles pass into conveying sleeves 142 which, alternately with pusher pins 143 are screwed into a bridge 144 that is arranged beneath the hoppers 133. This bridge 144 is moved upwardly by means of cams 145 on the shaft 95, through supporting rods 146 furnished with springs 147, so that the upper openings of the conveying sleeves 142 are caused to slightly embrace the exit ends of the hoppers 133. hen the sleeves are in this position the projectiles fall into retaining hoppers loo 149 for the powder-charged cartridge cases. These hoppers are arranged on a lower bridge 148 which is then raised by means of a cam 150 keyed on the shaft 95 and bridge supporting rods 151, see Fig. 13. Near the narrowest part of the retaining hopper 149 spring stops 152 are arranged to hold up the projectiles that have fallen down the sleeves 142. The bridges 148 and 144 are then moved downwardly during which movement laterally extending arms 153 attached tothe bridge 144 slide by means of rollers 154 along the inclined faces 155 of blocks fixed to the table 2 so that the bridge 144 is simultaneously moved in a longitudi nal direction to such an extent that the pusher pins 143 are immediately above the projectiles so that on the further descent of the bridge 144 the pins force the projectiles into the case's.

While the conveyer plate 42 moves backwardly the cartridges are held by the pusher pins 143 until they are seized by the foremost row of grippers 79. As shown in Fig. 14 the arms of these grippers are higher at their front or gripping parts than the gripping parts of the grippers of the other rows for the purpose of preventing the projectiles corresponding to the cases which have already fallen into the receptacle 127 from jumping or being jerked out. The bridges 144 and 148 then move upwardly and the conveyer plate 42 is simultaneously moved forwardly so that the row of'finished car'- tridges is again pushed forwardly to the same amount as in the previous stages of the operation and the cartridges are thereby placed beneath a bridge 159 which is moved up and down by means of a cam 156 and roller-furnished supporting rods 157 with springs 158. This bridge is provided with retaining troughs 160 for the cartridges, the

projectiles for which there were no corresponding cases having in the meantime fallen through slots 161 in the table 2 into special receptacles 162.

The bridge 159 is moved downwardly to hold the cartridges and when the conveyer plate 42 moves backwardly the finished cartridges are seized by spring clamps 163 on the conveyer plate after which the bridge 159 is moved upwardly and the conveyer plate with the cartridges, held by the clamps 163 adjacent to the projectiles thereof are pushed forwardly under three accurately adjustable sweeper bars 164, 165 and 166 located at three different heights and by means of which cartridges which are too high, normal and too low are swept ofi at various points in the forward movement of the plate 42 and fall through openings 167 and 168 in the conveyer plate 42 and the table 2 respectively into separate receptacles 169, 170 and 171, which, for the sake of compactness in the arrangement of the drawing,

are only indicated diagrammatically. Since owing to the given length of advance of the conveyer plate-42 only little space is left for-the travel of those cartridges which are too short, they strike simultaneously against the bar 166 at the top and against striker pins 172 at the bottom and are thereby caused to .fall vertically into the receptacles 169.

As shown in Fig. 5 the whole machine is driven from the main shaft 124 provided with a fast pulley 173 and a loose pulley 174 at one end and a fly wheel 175 at the other end and which is connected to the shafts 19, 67, 45, 95 and 97 by means of toothed wheel gearing at 176.

The details of construction of the improved machine for loading cartridges can be varied from those embodied in the example hereinbefore described within the scope of the claims without departure from the invention.

The feeding means for the cartridge cases is not claimed herein but will form the subject matter of a separate divisional application.

Claims:

1. In a cartridge loading machine, means for feeding cartridge cases comprising in combination a hopper, a table arranged below the hopper, a conveyer sleeve reciprocable between the hopper and table and adapted to receive the cases from the hopper and to deposit them in upright position on the table, a lever reciprocable with the sleeve and having a finger normally projecting into the sleeve to support a cartridge case therein, and a tripping member coiiperative with said lever to retract it and permit discharge of the case upon the table when the sleeve reaches a predetermined point in its reciproeatory movement.

2. In a cartridge loading machine, the combination of a row of hoppers, means for simultaneously feeding a cartridge case to each hopper, a table arranged below the hoppers, a bar reciprocable between the hoppers and the table, a row of conveying sleeves carried by said bar and arranged to cooperate alternately with the hoppers and the table, a set of levers fulcrumed on said bar and having fingers projecting into the lower portions of the respective conveying sleeves, springs operative to normally hold said levers in position to retain cartridge cases in the sleeves, and a cross bar coiiperative with said levers to retract them and permit discharge of the cartridge cases from the sleeves when the latter are in coiiperative relation with the table.

3. In a cartridge loading machine, the combination of a table, means for feeding cartridge shells in endless succession and in true working position, tools to operate upon the shells, and conveying means for progressively displacing the shells fed into the masaid block inoperative position, and means controlled by said testing pin for releasing chine across the table to said tools while the shells rest freely in upright position and in cross rows on the table, the shells being freely movable and capable of being centered by said tools while the shells are being displaced by the conveying means.

4. In a cartridge loading machine, the

combination of a table, a shiftable member adapted to support a cartridge case in upright position on the table, a testing pin adapted to rest upon a powder charge in thecartridge case while the latter is sup ported by said member, and means capable of being released by said testing pin for retaining the supporting member in operative position.

5.111 a cartridge loading machine, the combination of a table having an opening extending therethrough, a movable lock op 'erative through the opening in the table and adapted to support a cartridge case in upright position thereon, a charge-testing pin adapted to rest upon a powder charge in the cartridge case, means for normally retaining said retaining means whereby said block is permitted to discharge the case through said opening-in the table.

6. In a cartridge loading machine, the combination of a shiftable support for holding a cartridge case in upright position, a carrier movable toward and from said support and carrying a charge-testing pin adapted when-said carrier is lowered to rest upon a powder charge in said case, and

means controlled by said testing pin for releasably retaining said support in operative position.

7. In a cartridge loading machine, the combination of a shiftable support adapted to hold a cartridge case in upright position, a carrier movable toward and from said support, ayieldable member on said carrier adapted to fit and bear 11,13011 the mouth of the cartridge case while resting on said support, a charge-testing pin on said carrier and adapted to rest upon a powder charge in said case when the carrier is lowered, a hooked lever movable with said carrier and controlled by the charge-testing in, and means for retaining said support in operative position embodying) a hooked member adapted to be engaged y the hooked lever on said carrier to release said support and permit discharge of the cartridge case when the latter contains an incorrect charge.

8. In a cartridge loading machine, the combination of a table having an opening therein, a block pivoted at the underside of the table and operative through the opening therein, a spring-pressed bolt for normally retaining said block in operative position and within said opening, said block being adapted to support a cartridge case in up-' right position thereon, a hooked bar adapted when operated to retract said bolt and permit release of said block to discharge the case resting thereon, a charge-testing device adapted to rest upon the charge 'of powder in a case while the latter is supported .by said block, and a reciprocatory hooked lever controlled by said testing device and adapted to coiiperate with said hooked bar to operate the latter and release the retaining bolt for theblock. v v

9. In a cartridge loading machine, the combination of a pivoted block adapted to support a cartridge case in upright position, a spring-pressed bolt for retaining said block in operative position, a reciprocatory bar operative to release said bolt when -moved in one direction and bearing a hook, means cooperative with said hooked bar for reciprocating it, a bridge carrying a device adapted to fit and rest 'upon the mouth of a cartridge case resting on said block, a charge-testing pin on said bridge adapted to rest upon a powder charge in said case when said bridge is lowered, said pin being provided with a controllin collar, a hooked lever pivoted onthe bridge and having an arm cooperative with thecollar on the charge-testing pin, the hook of said lever being adapted to engage the hook on said bar to lift the latter and release the block during the ascent of the bridge when the chargetesting pin rests upon an incorrect charge, means for resetting said lever, and means for restoring said block to operative position after being released to discharge a case containing'an incorrect charge.

10. In a cartridge loading machine, the combination of a movable member adapted to support a cartridge case in upright position thereon, charge-testing means, mechanism controlled by the charge-testing means for releasing said member to permit the discharge of a cartridge case containing an incorrect charge, a hopper to receive cartridge cases discharged by said member, said hopper having a sloping bottom forming a slot through which powder may discharge and the edges of the sloping bottom forming supports for the rims of the cartridge cases while the latter are in inverted position.

11. In a cartridge loading machine, the combination of a support for a cartridge case, a hopper adapted to fit the mouth of the cartridge case and to position a projectile relatively thereto, a carrier. movable toward and from the cartridge case support and also movable laterally with respect thereto. said carrier having means to receive and guide the projectile so as to enter said hopper and also having a plunger which is brought into alinement with said hopper by a lateral movement of the carrier and is caused to introduce the projectile in the hopper into the cartridge case by a movement of the carrier toward the cartridge case support.

12. In a cartridge loading machine, the combination of a cartridge case support, a carrier movable toward and from said support and bearing a yieldably mounted hopper adapted to cooperate with the mouth of a cartridge case, a second carrier movable toward and from the carrier first mentioned and also movable laterally with respect thereto, means on the second carrier toreceive and direct a projectile into said hopper, a plunger on the second carrier, and means for operating the second carrier to aline the plunger with a projectile in said hopper and to force such projectile into the cartridge case.

13. In a cartridge loading machine, the combination of means for supporting a cartridge case in upright position, a carrier movable toward and from the cartridge case support and bearing a hopper adapted to cooperate with the mouth of a cartridge case on said support, said hopper having yieldable means for supporting a projectile therein while the hopper is removed from the cartridge case, means for introducing a projectile into said hopper, and means for forcing the projectile through the hopper and into the cartridge case.

14:. In a cartridge loading machine, the combination of a movable carrier having means for advancing cartridges, a set of sweep bars of graduated heights arranged in the path of movement of the cartridges advanced by the carrier whereby cartridges of diflerent lengths are removed from the carrier at different points, and separate receptacles for collecting the cartridges of different lengths.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence-of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFONS VON HENRIQUEZ. Witnesses:

JosEF RUBAscER, AUGUST FUGGER. 

